GLIN NEWS: 14 July 2008

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New EPA rules to target invasive species
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At a 2002 conference in Cleveland, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared invasive species the No. 1 threat facing the Great Lakes. For the first time anyone can recall, the top issue was something other than what people traditionally think of as pollution. Source: The Toledo Blade (7/14)


Pollution rules need revision
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Indiana may soon have a revised set of rules for when industrial and municipal facilities are allowed to discharge more pollution into Lake Michigan and other state waters. But so far, the rewritten rules aren't solving all the problems they were set out to solve, a critic says. Source: The Merrillville Post-Tribune (7/14)


COMMENTARY: Though the Compact is signed, Great Lakes are still at risk
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The clock is ticking. Water is the resource that will bring economic opportunities to the Great Lakes region. The lakes contain 95 percent of U.S. and 18 percent of the world's surface fresh water. It makes no sense to sell them off in boatloads or truckloads of bottles. Source: The Toledo Blade (7/14)


Chicago area reaching limit on fresh water supply
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With an estimated 2.2 million more people expected to live in Northeastern Illinois by 2030, the bottom-line question becomes not mortgage availability or zoning densities or commuting expenses but whether there will be enough water to go around and at what cost. Source: Chicago Tribune (7/14)


U.S. Energy Co. to face trial in Canada
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On July 7, the Ontario Court of Justice in Canada set a trial date in the prosecution of DTE Energy Co. The Michigan-based coal-fired power plant operator faces charges for polluting the St. Clair River, according to a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Source: Environmental Protection (7/14)


Governor Doyle urges Congress to act on Great Lakes Compact
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Governor Doyle, Chair of the Council of Great Lakes Governors, today called on Congressional leaders to act swiftly to ratify the historic Great Lakes Compact. On July 9, 2008, eight Great Lakes States completed their ratification of the compact. To become law, Congress must now provide its consent. Source: Daily Kenoshan (7/12)


Wind on the water series
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As the push for clean, renewable energy sources intensifies, wind power advocates are focusing more attention on just how much more wind is available in the lake -- and how to overcome the challenges to harnessing it. Source: iStockAnalyst (7/12)


Intense storm leaves beaches contaminated, homes flooded
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The effects of Tuesday's intense storm are still rippling across Toronto, with six of the city's 11 beaches closed today, four days after the Humber River belched a plume of E. coli-contaminated water into Lake Ontario Thursday afternoon. Source: The National Post (7/12)


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